p. 945No. 83-6141. No. 83-6215. No. 83-6231. No. 83-6281. No. 83-6285. No. 83-6318. Cheadle v. New Mexico. Godfrey v. Francis, Warden. Meanes v. Texas. Daugherty v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Gilmore v. Missouri. Flowers v. Louisiana.
Sup. Ct. N. M.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.; and
Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6141, 101 N. M. 282 , 681 P. 2d 708 ; No. 83-6215, 251 Ga. 652 , 308 S. E. 2d 806 ; No. 83-6231, 668 S. W. 2d 366 ; No. 83-6281, 443 So. 2d 979 ; No. 83-6285, 661 S. W. 2d 519 ; No. 83-6318, 441 So. 2d 707 .
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 945